the cure or the smiths

[AFTER HOURS]

the cure




the smiths

[squealpiggy]

The Cure are great but the Smiths were seminal.

[Dr.Depravity]

So far I'm the only one who voted for the Cure.

[Patty Tanager]

I was looking for a job and then i found a job.

[King Tua]

The Smiths.

[S A M U R A I]

Oh man, Smiths were atrocious. Morrisey? What a ****! Apologies to any Smiths fans.

My brother was huge Cure fan (he followed them around on tour and kicked it with them a lot back in the 80's) but they kinda drove me crazy when we were growing up. Still, they were (or were) an OK band I guess.



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[The Monk]

Is this a serious question?

The Smiths are one of a kind, what a band.

[Chunk..]

I think it all depends on your mood at the moment. I believe that both groups are far more superior than so many before them and since. The Cure has lasted and stayed musically fresh for so long, obviously with the help of personnel changes.

But I have to lean toward the Smiths because of their phenomenal talent and perfectly balanced lineup. Their music is timeless. I never get tired of dissecting their works, Marr's complexity and smoothness on guitar, Joyce' rockabilly and all-over-the-place drum style, Roarke's unmatchable bass lines, and of course the lyrical content from Morrissey and his not-quite-on-key vocal style that sears itself forever in your can't-get-enough brain.

[Clegg]

There isn't a massive gap between the 4 Smiths albums and the 4 best Cure albums, but the Cure have released a lot of stuff that I didn't really enjoy.

I rate almost every song on every Smiths album as either great or very good. IMO the same is not true of The Cure.

[beecherhq]

There isn't a massive gap between the 4 Smiths albums and the 4 best Cure albums, but the Cure have released a lot of stuff that I didn't really enjoy.

I rate almost every song on every Smiths album as either great or very good. IMO the same is not true of The Cure.

You've hit the nail on the head there.

Went to see The Cure last year at Wembley arena, they were quality but a 3 1/2 hour set is too brutal for me.